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Book Review: Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz

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  About the Author:  Ahmed Faiyaz grew up in Bangalore and now lives in Dubai. He’s a book and film addict, and also a passionate writer. He is the bestselling author of Love, life & all that jazz… , Another Chance and Scammed , and the editor of Urban Shots – Crossroads and Down the Road. He has written and directed 6 short films and 2 feature films including Graveyard Shift. You can check out his website by clicking the link here . About the Book:  Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz, published by RupaPublications is the story of a publication house named Kalim Publications and how it is brought back to limelight by the new editor Akshay Mathur who returns from London in order to work at Kalim Publications. The story is all about various kinds of books and how they are edited and published at Kalim by Akshay and Zorah who is the daughter of the late owner of the publication house. It consists of a business fight which Akshay and Zorah work towards winning in order to ke

Book Review: Ineligible by Bijaya Kumar Mishra

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About the Book:  Ineligible is a love story written by the author Bijaya Kumar Mishra. It is the story of Saahil and Varsha who work together in order to make ends meet and finally get married. Saahil, who is the main character of the story is faced by a number of bets by Varsha’s brother Mr. Dev which he is required to win in order to marry Varsha. Saahil works hard and finally fulfills all the requirements put forward by Mr. Dev and the story finally has a happy ending with Saahil and Varsha getting married. There are also quite a few characters who remain important to the story and help Saahil and Varsha in achieving their goals. Review:  I received this book as a review copy and I was quite sceptical that whether I would like the story or not since I’m someone who is not at all into reading love stories. The book seemed to be the written form of a typical Bollywood romance and was quite unrealistic. The character building was also not on point and the characters seem

Book Review: Trapped- Discover Yourself and Reinvent Your Life by Rajat Chakraborty

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About the Author:  Rajat Chakraborty who completed his engineering degree in 2016, is now an entrepreneur. He aims at helping people in order to improve as many lives as possible and that is the reason why he writes. He motivates people not to give up and to keep working. You can check out his website by clicking the link  here . About the Book:  Trapped is a self-help book written by Rajat Chakraborty for a good cause. Through this book, he aims at igniting the minds of the youth in our country and prepare them to face the hurdles on the road to success. The book consists of five chapters and each of these chapters deal with a certain aspect of leading the way to a successful and happy lifestyle, to experiment with options, to face failures and to never give up. Each chapter of the book starts with a certain quote by a famous person in relation to the lesson being given in that particular chapter. The book also consists of a number of success stories of people who a

Book Review- Thank God I’m Fired: A Corporate Enigma by Sandeep Pawar

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About the Book:  Thank God I’m Fired is a novella of just forty three pages written by Sandeep Pawar. It’s a mini success story of Raghav who works as a software developer in a corporate. The story starts with the first chapter in which Raghav is fired from his job. The story then proceeds in flashback which reveals that how Raghav was fed up of working in a corporate and was not able to use his talents and skills to the fullest. It’s the story of a guy who eventually discovers his talent and creativity in creating memes and how he finally decides to quit his high-paying corporate job in order to take a risk and follow his passion with the help of his co-worker Indu. The story brings out a reality of people employed in corporates and also the scenario of tech-parks. There are a large number of people working today in corporates  but it’s the truth that not all of them are satisfied with the work they are doing. It’s a story which brings out the reality of such people and also